A Reminder: The Web Exists.

Lost in the last week’s reporting around the new Apple Maps app in iOS 6 has been one salient fact: Google Maps continues to be available to all iOS users at maps.google.com . It’s the same Google Maps that iOS users have grown to know and love, with the exception of Street View. And it even prompts for “installation” to the home screen, so access is quick and easy: Image by CNET The tech press, which presumably exists to serve its audience, has largely ignored the existence of maps.google.com , instead opting to focus on the corporate drama behind Apple’s decision to dump Google’s maps and roll their own solution. Take this piece from the NY Times , which reports that a Google-made Maps app is still months away from completion. A reader of the story would be left dejected: Google Maps is months away, and still has to be approved by Apple for inclusion in the App Store. Bu...